Ethiopia unrest-Background Story

2,044 views · Published 16 September 2017 · 2:30 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: CGTN Africa · 2017 · News & Politics

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Protests first erupted in the Oromia region when the Ethiopian government announced plans to expand the capital, Addis Ababa. Dubbed the Addis Ababa Integrated Development or the Master Plan, protesters from Ormo feared the expansion would further displace farmers. 

Oromia completely surrounds the capital - and the Oromos are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia. More than one in three Ethiopians are from that region. But members of the community claim to have suffered systematic discrimination and oppression at the hands of the federal government

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